Manned Helper Operations - LIVE Coal Loads in HO Scale

In the previous video on running live coal loads, we looked at the operational flood loader. In this part, we’ll look at what it takes to get the train up the 2.6% grade to the upper level. Without a helix on the layout, this is the only way to get to the upper level and it provides some unique operations for the heavy coal trains that we run. In the next and final part of this series, we’ll look at how we unload the coal trains, using a rotary dumper! Thanks for watching - Josh